ODDS AND ENDS

A COMMENT ON SOCIAL SECURITY

I made the statement that we were in better shape with NOT having Social Security privatized than we were with it privatized. I was in no way saying the fedgov was any more secure but I was trying to make the point that the fedgov could not pull the "private sector" between the people and their pensions. If the Social Security system fails then the fedgov has no one to throw off on. They have to take the blame themselves. If the checks don't come I DO NOT want Dubya to be able to say that "Wall Street got drunk." and sweep the failure under the rug. There should be a screaming amount of money in the trust fund that pays our pensions. A huge amount of money. And when it fails the people will have all the right in the world to revolt and tear the fedgov down.

PRINCIPLES OF PREPPING

The main principle of prepping is love. If you are alone and not beholden to anyone you might prep because you have self love. And self love is not all that bad. Who else is gonna love you? Self esteem is important in this respect. The next step up the prepping ladder is prepping for yourself and your mate. If young children are involved then you go to a higher level yet. After that is friends and kinfolk. We used to have Big Love in this country and part of our National Security was to have a two or three year supply of grain to feed every man woman and child in this country in the event of a nuclear holocaust or some other tragic event. And we kept eggs and butter and cheese and powdered milk and some other goodies. We were cooking on the front burners back in those days. It was almost like we were a nation of preppers. But it all got thrown away, sold on the market for money. A great idea, a sad demise.

GOVERNMENT

As I was saying recently, the national income, our taxes, is almost 90% spent before congress gets a chance to do anything with it. The full faith and credit of the United States government is behind a lot of projects. Roads, crop insurance, national defense, Social Security, all the social give-away programs, etc. I am sure you can think of more. But the job description of congress seems to be that of spender of the public wealth. The elected officials get in there and spend like crazy. And when election time comes around they basically run for re-election on how they spent the money. They come before their constituents and brag about how much they brought back to the district. And that seems to be the deciding factor in most elections. Americans are so stupid. They fall for this shit every two years. And all the bragging is over about 10% of the national budget. For many decades the cry has been tax and spend! Now days it is borrow, tax, and spend!

Stay alive.

Michael

mboone@rtccom.net